COMMERCIAL CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE

Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22042, 15 August 1941, Page 2

COMMERCIAL CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE

YESTERDAYS QUOTATIONS (P A ) CHRISTCHURCH. August 14. The following are the current quotations on the Stock Exchange:—

STOCKS AND SHARES Sales on ’Change—Stock 31/5/54-58 4 per cent, £lOB. Auckland Gas (perpetual stock) £99. Bank of N.Z. 39 3, Newton King (pref ) , Au S^“ d Gas 6/4, Broken Hill Pty. 42/-. FarmEmperor 12/1, Mount Lyell 27/3, Woolworths Holdings (South Africa) 15 6. DUNEDIN Sales on ’Change—N.Z. Refrigerating (cont.) 8/10. Auckland Gas 6/4. WELLINGTON Sales on Change—3l per cent. Stock 1957 £lO2/10/-, Bank of New South Wales £29. MINING NEWS The Grey River dredging return for the week ended August 12 was 352 ;oz. for 134 hours’ work. The Waltahu Gold Mining Company Ltd reports the completion ef paddock No. 27 a return of 61oz. 5 dwt. being obtained for 311 shifts of eight hours parh This makes the total gold won from this paddock 1260 z Bdwt. EFFECT OF TAXATION (PA-) WELLINGTON. Au*. 14. The annual meeting of the Wellington Trustee and Agency Company declared a dividend of 41 per cent compared with 5 per cent previously The chairman said the net result of the years business was th* highest for many years, but the balance, after allowing for taxation, was probably the lowest in the history of the company. PRODUCE PRICES IN SYDNEY (Rec. 9-55 pun.) SYDNEY. Aug- 14Silo wheat is quoted at 3 111 and bagged at 4.31 a bushel, flour at £l2 13/-, bran and pollard at £6. Tasmanian potatoes £7'lo/-, others £6. Local onions £l5, New Zealand £25 a ton, maize 3/9 a bushel. AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE (Rec. 10 pun.) SYDNEY. Aug. 14. On the Stock Exchange trading fell awav to-day pending receipt of of Mr Attlees broadcast from London to-night. Share prices were firm. Sales—Bank of New South Wales £26, Commercial Bank of Australia 14/I. Colonial Sugar £49 5/-, Australian General Insurance 16 9. Australian Gas £5. British Tobacco 45 9. Standard Cement 18/9, Kandos 31/-, Morts. Dock 19 '9. Adams 15/-. Dunlops 22 6. Melbourne Commercial Bank Of Australia 14/-, Consolidated Industries 47/9, Tubmans (pref.l 22/-. Yarra Falls 44/-. Imperial Chemicals (pref?) 24 6. Herald and Weekly Times 50 6. Broken Hill Ppy. 38'2. contributing 27/1, Mount Morgan #/-, North Broken Hill 41/-.

Buyers £ s. d Sellers N.Z. Govt. Stock— 31 per cent Inscribed. 15 1 53-57 102 0 0 —— 225 60 102 0 0 4 per cent Inscribed. 15 2 43-46 102 15 0 — 31/554-58 . . lOfi 0 1 War Loan, 1953 .. .. — 87 10 0 Banks— Comm, of Aust. 0 14 9 Natl, of A’asia (£5) .. 5 5 0 — National of N.Z 18 6 i 19 3 New South Wales .. 28 5 0 — New Zealand 1 19 3 Union 6 15 0 7 5 0 Insurance — Mercantile Mutual .. 1 13 0 A.G.I — 0 18 • Loan and Agency— Dalgety 6 2 6 National Mortgage A 1 13 0 — N.Z.L. & Merc, (ord.) 31 0 0 — Shipping— N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 2 6 Devonport 6 P. and O tlnion (pref.) .. .. 1 6 3 — Frozen MeatCanterbury 10 IS 0 11 15 0 0 13 fl — N.Z Ref rig. (£1 pd ) 0 19 3 (10/- paid) .. .. — 0 9 0 Woollens— Felt and Textiles .. 2 3 0 — Kaiapoi (17 - paidt 0 16 0 •— (7 - paid* — 0 6 8 iprel.l 0 18 0 - 6 ■i Coal— Grey Valley 0 e 3 Westport 1 2 9 — GasChristchurch 1 2 0 1 4 0 (Id- paid) .. .. 0 10 0 *T Breweries— Ballins (15 - paid) .. 0 9 8 f 11 6 16 0 2 0 1 2 0 New Zealand 1 15 0 — y~) 1 ■ 6 . . Tooths 2 12 0 2 17 0 Miscellaneous— Aust. Iron and Steel (pref.) 1 7 0 — Beath and Co 0 16 0 Berlel (N.Z.) 3 6 6 —• British Tobacco .. .. 2 5 6 2 7 M Broken Hill Pty. .. 2 2 0 2 2 e (20- paid) .. .. 2 0 —— Colonial Sugar .. .. 55 0 0 — Dominion Fertiliser . 1 2 3 ■ 3 6 Electro. Zinc lord.) , — 2 14 v (prel.) 2 15 0 — Evans Atlas —— 10 0 Howard Smith .. .. 1 0 —— Mason Struthers 0 ? 0 — Morris Hedstrom 1 0 — Macduffs 0 8 6 —— (pref.) — 0 19 6 National Electric Drug 3 0 17 6 — (£1 paid) N.ZF. Fertiliser .. .. 2 9 • 1 0 3 N.Z. Newspapers .. .. 1 10 0 — S.Z. Paper Mill? . ■ ■■ 11 0 — Quill Morris (19361 .. 0 17 0 Whitcombe & Tombs 3 8 6 3 12 Wilson’s Cement 0 19 0 Woolwortbs (ord.) .. (NA.), ord 0 0 17 13 6 6 0 0 17 13 8 Properties .. .. lust Mining— 1 5 3 Mount Lyell 1 0 Mount Morgan .. .. New Broken Hill .. a 9 0 0 12 0 Nfirtb Broken Hill .. 2 1 0 — Placer Rawang Tin 0 10 0 Wellington . 0 3 Mining— Addison’s Flat .. • • — Arahura 5 Austral (NA.) • • •• 1 2 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 3 Nokomai — • • 10i 5 n 0 1 —